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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When first offered, why did Ben Franklin say he would not accept the military rank of colonel?
(a) He didn't believe in the military.
(b) He wasn't a gentleman.
(c) He felt he should be a general.
(d) He didn't have enough money.

2. What relationship did the American farmer have with the land he worked?
(a) He borrowed it.
(b) He was a tenant.
(c) He lent it.
(d) He was the owner.

3. What was the highest class of British society called?
(a) Hierarchy.
(b) Egalitarianism.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Monarchy.

4. How were domestic servants treated in colonial America as compared to Europe at that same time?
(a) With fewer accommodations and conveniences.
(b) With less free time and days off.
(c) With more kindness and compassion.
(d) With more brutality and humiliation.

5. After retiring, what does Ben Franklin do that later embarrasses him?
(a) Commission a special gun.
(b) Commission a portrait.
(c) Commission a uniform.
(d) Commission a house.

Short Answer Questions

1. In colonial America, what was done with a political effigy?

2. What was critical to the success of colonial American office holders?

3. When Ben Franklin was a boy, what important man discussed books with him?

4. What circumstance was unknown in small scale colonial American society?

5. From which business did Ben Franklin eventually retire?

(see the answer key)

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